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COMMANDER // 1758–1817

André Masséna

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Lifespan

1758 – 1817

176017701780179018001810War of the First Coalition · 1792-1797French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815Italian Campaign of 1796-1797 · 1796-1797War of the Second Coalition · 1798-1802War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806War of the Fifth Coalition · 1809Peninsular War · 1808-1814Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars — April 20, 1792 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionFirst Battle of Dego — September 21, 1794 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Loano — November 22, 1795 · First French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Bassano — September 8, 1796 · First French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Borghetto — May 30, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Caldiero — November 12, 1796 · First French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Castiglione — August 5, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Lodi — May 10, 1796 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Lonato — August 3, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Mondovì — April 21, 1796 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Montenotte — April 12, 1796 · French Republic · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797Battle of Peschiera — August 6, 1796 · French Republic · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797Battle of Rovereto — September 4, 1796 · First French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of the Bridge of Arcole — November 15, 1796 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsSecond Battle of Bassano — November 6, 1796 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsSecond Battle of Dego — April 15, 1796 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of La Favorite — January 16, 1797 · French Republic · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797Battle of Rivoli — January 14, 1797 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Tarvis — March 21, 1797 · France · French Revolutionary WarsSiege of Mantua — February 2, 1797 · France · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Feldkirch — March 23, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Frauenfeld — May 25, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Muottental — September 30, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionFirst Battle of Zurich — June 7, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionSecond Battle of Zurich — September 25, 1799 · French Republic · War of the Second CoalitionSwiss Campaign of Suvorov — September 21, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionSecond Italian Campaign — January 1, 1800 · France · War of the Second CoalitionSiege of Genoa — April 20, 1800 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Caldiero — October 30, 1805 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Verona — October 18, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionPeninsular War — May 2, 1808 · France · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Aspern-Essling — May 21, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Ebelsberg — May 3, 1809 · French Empire · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Hollabrunn — July 9, 1809 · French Empire · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Landshut — April 21, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Wagram — July 5, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Znaim — July 10, 1809 · French Empire · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Bussaco — September 27, 1810 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Fuentes de Oñoro — May 3, 1811 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Sabugal — April 3, 1811 · French Empire · Peninsular War

Active service 1792–1811 — 40 battles across 8 wars; first command at age 34.

Profile

André Masséna, prince d'Essling, duc de Rivoli, was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I, who nicknamed him "the dear child of victory". He is considered to be one of the greatest generals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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